What is happening to modern capitalism?

'The constant revolutionising of production, everlasting uncertainty and agitation - all fixed relations are swept away, all that is solid melts into air.' (Subscribe:

If that sounds like the non-stop pace of our high-tech modern world - it was actually Karl Marx's description of capitalism, 170 years ago. But today's critics of the onward march of free enterprise are not just confined to the far left - some traditional champions of the market economy are also calling for a rethink.

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